artifex@piefed.social to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agoFive-Year-Old Mini Brains Can Now Mimic a Kindergartener’s Neural Wiring. It’s Time to Talk Ethics.singularityhub.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkFive-Year-Old Mini Brains Can Now Mimic a Kindergartener’s Neural Wiring. It’s Time to Talk Ethics.singularityhub.comartifex@piefed.social to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
Among pressing ethical concerns are whether brain organoids can feel pain or become conscious—and how would we know?
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 day ago Mimic ethical concerns My shadow puppet has all the same behaviors of my hand, which raises some alarming philosophical questions.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoThat’s oversimplifying things. These mini brains are made out of the same material of actual brains. They’re not brain shadows.
My shadow puppet has all the same behaviors of my hand, which raises some alarming philosophical questions.
That’s oversimplifying things. These mini brains are made out of the same material of actual brains. They’re not brain shadows.